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George M. Wang v. Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 2017-1827 · judgment June 20, 2018

Certiorari denied · November 5, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

The question presented is: Whether the claims of the very useful invention contain "additional features" embodying an inventive concept that makes the invention patent-eligible.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
George M. Wang

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 05 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 17 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/2/2018.
  3. Oct 09 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Andrei Iancu, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office to respond filed.
  4. Sep 18 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 22, 2018)